Are You Undercutting Yourself with Emojis?
We interrupt the standard posts on remote work for a reflection on using communication to support your success.
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I recently went through a very difficult personal circumstance, one that threatened to sink me into an abyss of sadness. As I was going through it, I was overcome by a strong desire to read for pleasure, something I rarely make time for these days. Of course, literature is my great love—I love it so much I earned a PhD in it. But it’s been years since I felt called to a specific reading practice. I say practice because I’m referring to more than just casual reading…
As a lifelong lover of learning and teaching, I have always tossed around the idea of homeschooling my children… that is, until I was actually forced
About a month ago, I managed to pull myself out a work-from-home funk. I often write about what I call “the work-from-home doldrums,” that haze that r
We interrupt the standard posts on remote work for a reflection on using communication to support your success.
Every morning, I write out all the tasks I envision accomplishing throughout the day—everything from working out to meal prepping to completing work projects. I used to make the mistake of writing everything—EVERYTHING—I had on…
The trend toward offering remote and hybrid work options has been sharply accelerated by recent concerns about the coronavirus, as many companies like Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Square, and other organizations…
Remote work has been on the rise for years now, but concerns regarding the coronavirus have sharply accelerated this trend, forcing many companies and employees to test their capabilities for telecommute work environments.…
This advice might run counter to everything you hear and think about remote work, but in my experience, there is no quicker road to burnout than constantly trying to work and parent simultaneously. Obviously, this advice changes…
Last night, my husband asked me if “it” was worth it, and by “it” he meant my job. He claimed that I work all the time, that I was missing out on my children’s young lives: “They’ll only be this age once. Won’t you be sad that…
My three-year-old started part-time preschool this year, and the constancy of illnesses has been far worse than I could have ever imagined. She’s probably had three colds and one fever-inducing respiratory virus in the past seven…
I work remotely for a publisher part-time, but I also have been teaching one or two courses at the university where I earned my PhD. I return to teaching in a couple weeks, and quite honestly, I’m kind of freaking out about it. I…
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